Miscellany, Sep. 29, 1958

Re Tort. In London, attempting to point up the "rather monotonous English style in legal documents," the Law Society's Gazette printed a letter written by an Indian lawyer to a client: "Dear Sir, Unless you pay the rupees within seven days, we shall take such steps as will cause you the utmost damned astonishment."

Prolechariot. In Peking, the Communist press announced the production of a new, de luxe Chinese motorcar—an eight-cylinder, air-conditioned sedan with silk rug carpeting and a scented mahogany dashboard.

Bench Mark. In Istanbul, Judge Tarik Onan disqualified himself from hearing the case of Pickpocket Hikmet Kaya because it was the...

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